Recall Register

1995 Ford Ranger: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 1 recall campaign for the 1995 Ford Ranger. The campaign is 09V399000. NHTSA received the report on 13 Oct 2009. The NHTSA record gives the component Vehicle Speed Control. NHTSA has 294 complaints on file for this model year. 1 NHTSA investigation names this model year.

The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on this campaign.

This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.

Remedy of campaign 09V399000, in the NHTSA record

Ford will notify owners that dealers will install a fused wiring harness in line with the scds. On 1999-2003 windstar vehicles with a leaking scds, dealers will also inspect the ABS control module connector and repair as necessary. Repairs will be completed free of charge. The safety recall began on october 27, 2009. Owners may contact ford at 1-888-222-2751.
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Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.

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Recall campaigns

1 campaign. 4,500,000 units in total.

  1. 09V399000Received . 4,500,000 units.

    Vehicle Speed Control

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Ford is recalling model years 1995-2003 windstar, 2000-2003 excursion diesel, 1993-1997 and 1999-2003 f-250 sd through f-550 sd diesel, 1992-2003 e-150 through e-550, 1995-2002 explorer, 1997 and 2002 mercury mountaineer, 1995-1997 and 2001-2003 ranger, and 1994 f53 vehicles equipped with the texas instruments speed control deactivation switch (scds). The scds may leak internally and then overheat, smoke, or burn.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    A vehicle fire could occur with or without the engine running.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Ford will notify owners that dealers will install a fused wiring harness in line with the scds. On 1999-2003 windstar vehicles with a leaking scds, dealers will also inspect the ABS control module connector and repair as necessary. Repairs will be completed free of charge. The safety recall began on october 27, 2009. Owners may contact ford at 1-888-222-2751.

    Report filed by FORD MOTOR COMPANY. Manufacturer campaign number 09S09. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

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Complaints by component

294 complaints, 407 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.

  • 1995 Ford Ranger
  • All 1995 vehicles
1995 Ford Ranger: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
Component1995 RangerAll 1995 vehiclesRanger, all yearsMentions
Visibility164.662.757.667
Service Brakes, Hydraulic159.7140.9113.465
Tires76.224.9136.731
Electrical System73.777.57630
Interior Lighting71.33.918.529
Power Train56.5110.692.323
Vehicle Speed Control46.73673.719
Fuel System, Gasoline46.745.854.919
Seat Belts44.228.330.218
Air Bags41.871.357.917

The table shows the 10 components with the most mentions, of 23.

Complaints that report a crash
23
Complaints that report a fire
7
Injuries in the complaints
10
Deaths in the complaints
1
Date of the newest complaint
29 Jul 2010

These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Complaints about the 1995 Ford Ranger, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2000, with 56 complaints.

Investigations

NHTSA investigations that name the 1995 Ford Ranger
NumberTypeSubjectComponentOpenedClosedCampaign
EA02011Engineering analysisSAFETY BELT ASSEMBLY FAILURESeat Belts2 Jul 200221 May 2003

Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.

Other model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

  1. 19780
  2. 19790
  3. 19835
  4. 19846
  5. 19851
  6. 19864
  7. 19874
  8. 19881
  9. 19891
  10. 19903
  11. 19912
  12. 19922
  13. 19933
  14. 19944
  15. 19951
  16. 19962
  17. 19971
  18. 19985
  19. 19994
  20. 20003
  21. 20014
  22. 20023
  23. 20031
  24. 200410
  25. 20059
  26. 200612
  27. 20075
  28. 20085
  29. 20097
  30. 20108
  31. 20115
  32. 201911
  33. 20207
  34. 20216
  35. 20225
  36. 20234
  37. 202413
  38. 202513
  39. 20268

A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. 1995 Ford Ranger: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/ford/ranger/1995/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .

Sources

Source
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence
US government work, public domain
Recall file through
29 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
29 Mar 2018
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
FORD MOTOR COMPANY

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Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 1995 Ford Ranger?
4,500,000 units in 1 campaign. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Ford Ranger have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 102 recall campaigns for the Ford Ranger, model years 1978 to 2026. 1 of them names the 1995 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 1995 Ford Ranger name most often?
Visibility: 67 of 407 component mentions, or 164.6 per 1,000. For all 1995 vehicles the figure is 62.7 per 1,000.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1995 Ford Ranger open?
No. The 1 investigation that names this model year has a closing date in the NHTSA file.